Who much does cost take to fill up the largest container ship (with fuel)?

[DesiPower]

I was watching Build It Bigger on science channel the other day, they were showing the expansion of Port of Rotterdam, some where in the program it mentioned that the largest cargo ship in the world stops there and fill ups its fuel tank and it costs approximately 14 MILLION DOLLARS!!

Since them i have been trying to research it online but could not find any straight forward answers, all articles talk about how much it burns per year and stuff like that. I was unable to find the fuel capacity and the cost of fuel per ton or gallon or whatever... Its really mind boggling, filling up your tank and paying 14 mil - Here's the key, fill up my tank and then wire 14mil to attendent!!! wow!!!

Just want to verify that I heard right and that I am not crazy, calling ATOTers for help.

 

[joesmoke]

technically isnt it already full of air?

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

question is how many Intel i7 930s can they carry, and how much value would that be?

 

[OCGuy]

Its better to smuggle small quantities of blow in multiple shipments.

 

[BoomerD]

Who much does it take to fill up the largest container ship?

Who much what?

 

[Patranus]

question is how many Intel i7 930s can they carry, and how much value would that be?

The MV Colombo Express has a cargo capacity of 93,750 tons or 187,500,000 pounds.

Now, the shipping weight of a retail Intel Core i7 930 is roughly 2 pounds.
The ship could carry 93,750,000 CPUs.
With a retail price of $285 the total value would be roughly $2,671,875,000
(Ignoring possible volume constraints)

 

[lupi]

Fuel economy of the world's longest in-service ship
The Emma Maersk is the second longest ship in the world, and the longest currently in service. It's so large, it looks photoshopped into any picture it appears. Driving such a large ship requires a lot of power. From Wikipedia:

The Emma Maersk is powered by a Wartsila-Sulzer 14RTFLEX96-C engine, currently the world's largest single diesel unit, weighing 2,300 tons and capable of 109,000 horsepower (82 MW). The ship has several features to protect the environment. This includes recycling the exhaust, mixed with fresh air, back into the engine for reuse. This not only increases efficiency by as much as 12% but also reduces engine emissions. Instead of biocides, used by much of the industry to keep barnacles off of the hull, a special silicone-based paint is used. This increases the ship's efficiency by reducing drag while also protecting the ocean from biocides that may leak. The silicone paint covering the part of the hull below the waterline is credited for lowering the water drag enough to save 1200 tons of fuel per year.

We started talking about energy consumption after watching a practice version of Saul's upcoming E-Tech Keynote, Energy Literacy, and Dave Culp of Kiteship and Speed Sailing did a back-of-the-envelope MPG calculation for this ship:

A few more facts about Emma Maersk:

Running at her rated 80 Mw, her main engines burn 14 tons of residual fuel each hour. Annually, that's 97,400 tons of fuel. Her auxiliaries, delivering their full 30 Mw, burn an additional 6.6 tons/hour, for a total fuel burn of 20.6 tons/hour. Given 290 steaming days/year (80% capacity factor, which is conservative), this yields a total annual usage of 143,400 tons or about $64.5 million in annual fuel costs.

Burning 20.6 tons/hour = 6724 gals/hour. At 31 kts/hour, this equals .0046 nautical miles/gallon. At 6076 ft/nautical mile, that's 28 feet/gallon of fuel burned.





so looks like fuel is in the 550-575 range by the ton, just have to figure what her on service tank size is.

 

[OCGuy]

The MV Colombo Express has a cargo capacity of 93,750 tons or 187,500,000 pounds.

Now, the shipping weight of a retail Intel Core i7 930 is roughly 2 pounds.
The ship could carry 93,750,000 CPUs.
With a retail price of $285 the total value would be roughly $2,671,875,000
(Ignoring possible volume constraints)

Pffft...I live by Microcenter..$199.

 

[Schadenfroh]

How much would it save to install nuclear reactors in the largest of container ships? Or would it be worth the investment?

 

[lupi]

given the increased maintenance cost, probably not feasible.

 

[cyclohexane]

this is a huge ass waste of resources. People need to man the f up and just buy local.

 

[Mo0o]

How much would it save to install nuclear reactors in the largest of container ships? Or would it be worth the investment?

I would assume it'd be a huge safety hazard in terms of protecting the reactor from would be pirates

 

[frostedflakes]

this is a huge ass waste of resources. People need to man the f up and just buy local.

Comparative advantage. For example, it's entirely possible that it would require more energy to grow oranges in Kansas than to grow them in Florida and ship them up here. So buying locally wouldn't really make sense.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

How much to fill it with saffron?

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

this is a huge ass waste of resources. People need to man the f up and just buy local.

America would be fucked if other countries only bought local.

 

[Schadenfroh]

this is a huge ass waste of resources. People need to man the f up and just buy local.

Let us just ship all of those raw materials that cannot be acquired locally via container ship to local factories to be manufactured into.... wait

Well, at least we can grow every foodstuff we need locally because all crops need only one type of climate... wait

 

[The Boston Dangler]

not only does it cost 14 million to fill up, but it's 14 million worth of the lowest-grade oil possible. it's one step above asphalt.

crude carriers are fueled by sipping the crude they are carrying. no need to waste space and energy with a separate gas tank.

 

[Arik5405]

Who much does it take to fill up the largest container ship?

Answer: One Rex Ryan.

 

[Gibsons]

Answer: One Rex Ryan.

Yeah... but what does it take to fill HIM up?

 

[DesiPower]

where is Rubycon when we need her, them cruise ships are pretty big too, maybe we can find out how much it takes to fill one of them up (with fuel)

 

[0roo0roo]

given the increased maintenance cost, probably not feasible.

yea watching documentaries there are some smart people on board in the nuclear control levels of the sub or aircraft carrier.. never mind the rest of the shielding and armor..and of course inherent protection on board a sub or carrier.

you don't need much more than a captain some techs, a mechanic and a chef for a regular ship.

 

[0roo0roo]

this is a huge ass waste of resources. People need to man the f up and just buy local.

not really, i think the fuel per item/lb is incredibly low.

 

[JTsyo]

$14 million per fillup would be about 10% of Emma Maersk's construction costs.

From goggle it seems ship fuel capacity is measured in m^3 but I can't find a number for the Emma Maersk. One had 5000m3 for LNG and 3000m3 for other fuel.

 

[Kev]

nm

 

[IceBergSLiM]

how much bulk beef can it carry